On this day in conspiracies

In Naples, Majorana withdraws the salary he had let accumulate and takes his passport. He leaves a letter for Antonio Carrelli, director of the physics institute, speaking of a decision that has become inevitable, and boards an evening ferry bound for Palermo.

The Pakistan Army launches Operation Searchlight in Dacca and other cities, a planned crackdown that begins with mass killings of students, intellectuals, police, and Hindus. Sheikh Mujib is arrested; Bangladesh's independence is declared as the war begins.

The FBI becomes involved and the Netherlands Antilles Coast Guard begins a search of the waters around Curacao that runs about four days. No body, clothing, or physical sign of Amy is ever recovered.

On the strength of the new radar data, NASA/JPL announces that Earth is safe from an Apophis impact for at least 100 years. The asteroid is removed from the Sentry impact-risk table, retiring the 2029, 2036, and 2068 concerns together.

A Swiss appeal court again acquits Blatter and Platini of criminal fraud over the 2011 payment, upholding a 2022 acquittal. The men remain cleared in the Swiss criminal courts even though FIFA's ethics bodies and the Court of Arbitration for Sport had earlier banned them from football.